Connecter



H. FRANKEL July' 28, 1925'.

CONNECTER Filed July 8, 1921 Pa te'nte d July 28, 1925.

i To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY FRANKEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,, ASSIGNOR TO FRANKEL CONNECTOR- CO.

'INC., 01 NEW YORK, N.'Y., A.

*CORPORATION OF ITEW CONNEG'IER.

- Application filed July 8,

Be it known that I, HARRY FRANKE'L, a citizen of the United States of-America,

- residing at New York, N. Y., have invented vice.

a new and useful Connecter, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to a connecter device, particularly useful foreffecting an electrical connection between a source of electrical supplyand a storage battery, although it'is not limited in use to thisparticular field.

- -The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effectivemeans which is strong and durable, and w-hichmaybe'readily secured to asup-ply wire or circuit.

In the drawings, v "Fig. l'is a perspective View before it i's ,'appliedto the circuit wire. 3 Fig. 2 isv a similar view partly broken awayshowing the device, secured to the end of a circuit wire 3 is a planView of a of the device portion of the de- Fig. 4 is alr ear endelevation of a modification 1 is a base plate having ajaw 2 at itsforward end; and a tailpiece 3 at its rear end.

4'is a-plate having-1a jaw; 5 at its forward end, anda tailpiece-'6 atits rear end. The" plate 1' has upturnedcars at Opposite sidessupportinga pivot pin 7. The plate 4 has dewnturnedcars mountedonthefpivot' 7.

The-tailpiece 3 has struckup earsat its eX-. receiving channelv 8. 9 isa screw directly forward of. the channel 8. 10 is a lug preferablystruck up from' thebase of the plate 1 soas'to r0 ject forwardly afterthe manner of a hook as I l shown in ,Fig. 1.- This lug in thepreferr'ed 40 form performs a two fold function as will I later be seen.11 is a spring preferably made of a strip'bent in the-middle. v thisspring rests under the tailpiece 6 of the i the jaws '25 .edg'esof;these jaws are preferably toothed One end of plate 4, whilethe other,end rests on the insideof-the p'la'te .1,the base of the lu'g 10acting'as a sto therefor. The bend-in the springexten s around the pivot The-actlon of the spring 11 is to powerfully force toward, each other, and theshown in saidfigure. Th

1921. Serial No. 483,129.-

thereunder- If desired, the screw 9 may also be utilized as shown inFig. 3, in which event, the extreme end of the connecter wire may besimply bent under the screw-head as is not necessary in all cases.

In Fig. 4 I have .showna. modification of the spring element, in which,instead of forming thespring from a steel strip, I form the same of twowires indicated at 1111 "These .wires may have coilsintermediate theirlength which surround the. pivot pin 7 while ?the endsqof each springmay. bear against the .clip plates so asto exert the aforesaid pressurewhich tends to bring the jaws 2 5 together.v v may bemade right. andleft as shown in 1 .4.

What I claim" is:

1. A connectercomprising two 'overlap-' ping 'j'awspivotediinte'rmediate their length, a spring for operating said jaws, anvupstanding lug on oneof said jaws to receive oneend-of thespring and toreceive,

a wire'connecten'and a pair of bendable lugs on',t-he .op osite side'edes' of'the carrying t efirst-menfi nedlu'g. 2. A connector comprisingtwo overlapping jaws pivotedintermediate their length,

a spring for operating saidjaws, an upstand- .lug on one of said jaws"to receive ohe of; the spring and toreceive a wireconsite side betweenthe; and second mentioned-lugs.

I .1 HARRY screw 9, however,

The wire springs 11 andoverlapped so that a firm electrical as well theconnecter wire passing jaw piece, :90,

06'. necter, 'a pair of bendable lugs on the. oppoedges of thejaw piececarrying the; Zfirst mentioned-Plug," and. a clamping screw

